Barsine mactans Butler, 1877

Huang, Si-Yao, Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge on the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 from mainland China and Indochina, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 495-516 : 500-502

Barsine mactans Butler, 1877

( Figs 13–16 , 52–54 , 77 )

Barsine mactans Butler, 1877: 340 (Type locality: [NE India, north of West Bengal] “Darjeeling”).

Barsine mactans: Singh et al. 2014: 46 .

Miltochrista gratiosa f. mactans: Draudt 1914: 139 .

Material examined. CHINA. 3 ♂, 2 ♀, altitude 2400 m, 24. V .2018, Le Village, Cuona County, Shannan District , Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R . China, leg. Tian-peng Chen ( SCAU); 3 ♂, same locality and collector, but 23. V .2018 ( SCAU). Additional material: 301 specimens of both sexes from NE India (Sikkim, north of West Bengal ), C and E Nepal ( NHMUK, MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. Barsine mactans is similar externally to members of B. flammealis species-group and B. fangchenglaiae sp. nov., but can be distinguished from them by the combination of characters mentioned in the ‘Remarks’ chapter in the description of B. fangchenglaiae sp.nov.

Distribution. China * (S Xizang), NE India ( Butler 1877, Volynkin & Černý 2016 b, Singh et al. 2014, Kirti & Singh 2016), Nepal ( Kishida 2000).

Figures

FIGURES 9–20. Barsine spp.: 9, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov. ♀, paratype, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan (SCAU); 10, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Mt. Dongla, Sichuan (SCAU); 11, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Chiang Mai, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 12, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Mt. Fansipan, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 13, B. mactans, ♂, Cuona, Xizang (SCAU); 14, B. mactans, ♀, Cuona, Xizang (SCAU); 15, B. mactans, ♂, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 16, B. mactans, ♀, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 17, B. pretiosa, ♂, Motuo, Xizang (SCAU); 18, B. pretiosa, ♂, Weixi, Yunnan (SCAU); 19, B. pretiosa, ♂, Mts. Ailao, Yunnan (SCAU); 20, B. pretiosa, ♀, Mts. Ailao, Yun- nan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGURES 51–54. ♂ genitalia of Barsine spp.: 51, B. fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Fansipan, Vietnam; 52, B. mactans, Cuona, Xizang; 53, B. mactans, Mt. Annapurna Himal, Nepal; 54, B. mactans, Darjeeling, India.

FIGURES 75–80. ♀ genitalia of Barsine ssp: 75, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dongla, Sichuan; 76, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan; 77, B. mactans, Cuona, Xizang; 78, B. pretiosa, Mt. Ailao, Yunnan; 79, B. flammealis, Baoshan, Yunnan; 80, B. gratissima gratissima, Baoshan, Yunnan.